A human book doctor
with an AI nurse practitioner.

For congested manuscripts, feverish drafts, and pounding ideas.

Explore your writing through focused AI lenses shaped by Charles Blackstone’s Art of Friction Method, followed by a comprehensive diagnosis. Then work with Charles himself for private coaching, developmental editing, and book doctoring.

Charles Blackstone, novelist and editor
THE .DOCTOR IS IN

Charles Blackstone

01 / THE MANUSCRIPTBegin with what’s on the page.

What are we reading?

Copy the text from Word, Pages, or your writing app and paste it below. Add a title, then press Save my manuscript.

DOCX, PDF, TXT, MD · up to 15 MB0 / 200,000 words

Choose your analytical lenses.

3/5

Choose two to five focused analyses. Every report also includes a comprehensive diagnosis.

AI-generated scene of Charles Blackstone writing
WritingAI-generated scene
An editorial practice

Begin with your question.

A pitch, a chapter, a full manuscript. Start with what you have and what you want to understand about it.

A first encounter with the method

A reading for the draft you have.

Proposed fees · USD

The Opening Read

$19

For $19, choose up to three focused AI analyses of a chapter, story, or opening. The comprehensive diagnosis is included.

  • Up to 5,000 words
  • Up to three focused AI lenses
  • A comprehensive diagnosis and revision priorities
  • Saved report and export

The Manuscript Read

$79

The whole manuscript, considered through the lenses it needs.

  • Up to 120,000 words
  • Up to five focused AI lenses
  • A comprehensive diagnosis, disagreements, and passage notes
  • Saved report and export

The Long Read

$129

Room for the work that needs more pages.

  • Up to 200,000 words
  • Up to five focused AI lenses
  • A comprehensive diagnosis and revision priorities
  • Saved report and export